Question..... has me stumped....

Question

I have uploaded tendrils to the aur, but when run from cli it no worky..
run from fbrun or kde runapp and it works....
subsequent launches from cli then work any idea why this would be the case, it is a python app and errors on pygamemixer_init()
the exact error is posted on the comments in the aur

Answer 1

answer is sound deamon.......
from kcontrol default is to be running....
fbrun well, had already logged in to kde....
the pygame_mixer connects to a running sound deamon but does not start one, appears that some apps it is hardcoded to connect to one, it will the fail...
~/.tendrils >> tendrils
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/tendrils/Party.py", line 360, in ?
File = open(UserDataFileName("BigBrother.dat"),"r")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/spy/.tendrils/BigBrother.dat'
TOTAL ITEMS: 198
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Tendrils.py", line 711, in ?
Main()
File "Tendrils.py", line 694, in Main
App.SetupTendrils(Command.lower())
File "Tendrils.py", line 578, in SetupTendrils
pygame.mixer.init()
pygame.error: Could not open requested file
zsh: exit 1 tendrils
so if you see this error start a sound deamon esd or teh kde one..